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Keel Damage krag13957 at 9:40am 11.07.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1200 A small portion of the front port side of the keel is chipped off. Is replacing the keel a bug job?
Cockpit Grate Tim Welsh at 10:28am 11.07.07 Big Boats 16/2151 Hi All, Well I finally finished my cockpit grate. I'm heading down this weekend to put it in. Th
wheel conversion Dave O. at 12:05pm 11.07.07 Smaller Boats 4/911 Has anyone converted a tiller 260 to wheel steering. I was wondering how hard it was. I did it on
Blowing out water lines Manny at 12:31pm 11.07.07 Ask All Sailors 7/3319 It's been mentioned that instead of using antifreeze in the water lines they can be blown out with c
Marvel Mystery Oil question for diesel owners. CalebD at 1:24pm 11.07.07 Ask All Sailors 16/9407 After reading all the posts on Startron diesel additive (biocide etc) and the discussions of ULSD (u
Prop shaft seal flush winterizing wrbeglin at 8:55pm 11.05.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 23/2651 I am leaving my 323 in the water this winter. Mine has a flushed shaft seal that has a small through
Fill caps Anthony Worme at 9:26pm 11.05.07 Mid-Size Boats 15/1345 I have to replace the fresh water and fuel fill caps on my boat and would like to know the best way
Mistral Cockpit Combing Bob B17353 at 10:38pm 11.05.07 Hallberg-Rassy 4/2784 Finally an answer to the Mistral combing puzzle!Every Mistral I have seen shares this problem-the l
Free Tiller for Catalina 22 Hurley at 11:49pm 11.05.07 Smaller Boats 11/2027 I recently built a new tiller for my Catalina 22. Before wasting money on expensive wood I built a
pointing angle to weather TallyClassic at 11:12pm 11.05.07 Smaller Boats 35/1874 Ok, had my first serious race, a two day event. 28 mile course to an overnight raft up and then back
Anchor Wash Down-356-36 seadaddler at 11:04pm 11.05.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 37/1969 I am in the process of adding a anchor wash down systemto my 2007 36.Run plastic hose from head in
California NDZ's ron at 12:53am 11.06.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1349 California NDZ's are as follows:Mission BayOceanside HarborDana Point HarborSan Diego Bay (<30 f
Towing a Dinghy with Outboard On Steve at 12:59am 11.06.07 Ask All Sailors 95/9822 I've always thought you should never tow a dingy with the outboard on for fear of it flipping over.
Prop for MacGregor 19 with 40 hp Honda 4-stroke Mac19Camper at 1:35am 11.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1576 Purchasing a 40 hp Honda 4-stroke for our Mac 19. Don't have any idea what prop the factory installe
P303 Chainplate PaulM at 2:27am 11.06.07 Pearson 17/2848 I am in the process of replacing the chainplates on my P303. One broke, taking down the rig, and the
oday 27 luff, leech and foot w5mzx at 2:41am 11.06.07 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1833 looking for a 135 or 150 Genoa for my 27 and need some dimensions please and if you have one for sa
Hunter Owner Survey Jason at 2:57am 11.06.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 45/3273 As many of you know, we are looking into the Hunter line of sailboats for our next boat to cruise th
Leather vs Vinyl Jack at 3:35am 11.06.07 Ask All Sailors 101/4813 I am interested in covering the wheel on my 1984 Hunter 34. I am having a hard time deciding between
Outboard Motor for 1994 Hunter Waterballast 19 sailer thompson at 5:00am 11.06.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1287 I need your ideas on the best value and use of a motor. The 7 1/2 HP Suzuki has not been used that m
Mainsheet Control at helm Barry7363 at 4:54am 11.06.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 11/2376 On our 1983 Catalina 30, I have been contemplating leading the mainsheet back to a second winch (to

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Well, I made a $800 mistake by flipping the little switch on the engine on panel. sail sfbay at 2:52pm 09.13.21 Ouch!! Consider removing the manual switch. My Hunter 46 engine fire supression system is automatic
Synthetic oil for a M-35B (1) Mechone at 2:44pm 09.13.21 Unless you have rebuilt your engine with Viton seals like they switched to in automotive stay away
Synthetic oil for a M-35B Rick Webb at 2:07pm 09.13.21 Synthetic oil messing up your seals is in the same category as having to wait a half hour after eati
Climbing my mast? Hire someone or woman-up? :) (1) Carmelmike at 2:06pm 09.13.21 Hello! My wife and I live on a 1979 Cal 34 and I replaced the VHF with a Standard-Horizon a few year
Kirie / Elite owners - need rudder dimensions for Elite 324 (1) kloudie1 at 2:04pm 09.13.21 If worse comes to worse, these are scale drawings of the boat. They are un-dimensioned, but if you h
Kirie / Elite owners - need rudder dimensions for Elite 324 (1) sail sfbay at 1:59pm 09.13.21 Replacement Rudders and Centerboards \| Foss Foam Products (newrudders.com) Rudder Craft \| Custom Rud
Kirie Elite 324 help needed (1) sail sfbay at 1:58pm 09.13.21 Replacement Rudders and Centerboards \| Foss Foam Products (newrudders.com) Rudder Craft \| Custom Rud
Leak from my rudder tube? kloudie1 at 1:50pm 09.13.21 I have no idea except that the fitting looks like a thru-hull whose nipple end has broken off at tha
Yamaha 35CS - Any information? sail sfbay at 1:46pm 09.13.21 Do an internet search on "yamaha 35CS images" and you will see plenty.
HUNTER 376 Halyard Installation pparker99 at 1:29pm 09.13.21 Hey Parker99. I know this is an old thread but I also have a 376 in San Diego. Maybe we can go ove
Bringing dogs aboard Hayden Watson at 1:26pm 09.13.21 I could never convince my dogs that it was ok to use a pee rug. If we had shore access, I took them
Dripless shaft seal replacement question Hunter 410. Sailgunner at 1:02pm 09.13.21 You do not have to remove the rudder. The challenge is getting the hub off the shaft. I tried last y
H26 from lake to sea (2) h2o_snow at 12:45pm 09.13.21 We trail and sail our H260 in the San Juans/Gulf Islands almost yearly. As Dave said - preventati
Synthetic oil for a M-35B (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:35pm 09.13.21 OK.... My boat, screw you guys....:cowbell: A mite harsh, but well stated :clap:. Out with the
Leak from my rudder tube? Heathwaite at 12:17pm 09.13.21 The next time I'm at the boat I'll try to get more pics, but my repair patch will still be on it. T
Corrosion of brass nipple Ralph Johnstone at 12:17pm 09.13.21 This system eliminated the need for a thoughull. I don't know if that's ingenious or not :rolleye
Hunter electrical system 35.5 FDICsailing at 12:08pm 09.13.21 i will. thanks so much for your research.
Leak from my rudder tube? jssailem at 12:07pm 09.13.21 Do not know about any "hydro lubrication chamber" used on an Irwin 35. Can you get more images from
Heat exchanger zinc anode. (1) jssailem at 12:01pm 09.13.21 Where exactly is it located on shaft? Glad that the info was provided to reduce your concern about
Leak from my rudder tube? Heathwaite at 12:00pm 09.13.21 jssailem Thanks for the reply. That's just it... I don't know what the fiberglass structure is. It

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